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A client recently requested ffmpeg to be installed on the server. I have done this in the past on a client's box but he had a different OS setup. For that installation I used a HowTo guide from VexxHost. (read more)

The Lafayette Tea Party turnout was pretty good considering the size of our cities. Unfortunately I couldn't come early enough to see the pouring of the tea into the Wabash River. Below are some highlights. (read more)

I am glad there is a Tax Day Tea Party in Lafayette tomorrow (12 - 2pm & 6 - 8pm). The party will take place at the pedestrian bridge, adjacent to the Main Street bridge that join West Lafayette and Lafayette. (read more)

Over the last few months I have been working on putting a server together, to host my and clients sites. Cutting monthly hosting costs and hardware additions (memory) was another reason for me to buy and manage my own server. (read more)

I thought this was funny... I just had to share... (read more)

I am glad to hear the leader of Al-Qaida has been captured. For some months now I have doubted this war will do any good. But, no matter how you look at it, we are combating evil. I know many people don't agree with that. If there is any good in this Iraqi war it is that the world (we are not in this war alone) can't afford to tolerate evil. The costs and stakes are high, an unfortunate price to keep some sort of balance, justice, fairness, human equality in this world. (read more)

Like most geeks we all had or have a Rubik's Cube. I never played with one growing up but over the years it seems my mind needs these kind of problems to solve. A few weeks back I got the cube out to show my three year old, just to see how she would respond. She loves puzzles and will definitely be a logic person. She can solve a 50 piece puzzle, that amazes me. (read more)

I run LiteSpeed on my server and just love the performance it provides. During a recent Apache update the server decided not to restart on its own. After I discovered it I went in to WHM to restart Apache, forgetting that LiteSpeed doesn't restart on its own. Once done, I guess Apache changed some dir/files to "nobody" ownership. Suddenly some sites would not work.

Fortunately a server knowledgeable friend was online and helped spot the problem and a quick fix. To change all the files and directories to the correct ownership you need to login as root and run the following:

chown -R chown:chgrp /home/AccountName

Happy account name chown'ing! (read more)

Well it seems my candidate has a losing battle ahead of him. Last report I heard McCain needs 57 delegates to clinch the nomination. I saw McCain's interview last night on Larry King Live, a more friendlier McCain was on my TV compared to previously. That still doesn't change my stance on him being a war monger, nor how I feel about his understanding of our economy.

I figured Romney would pass his delegates on to McCain, simply for the chance of being the running mate and to show the republican party he has no interest in dividing the party. I feel this move though was really for his interest in 2012. Only time will tell. (read more)

I wanted to share an observation I have made. Rasmussen Reports' (a leading polling site) home page has not had Huckabee's name on it for over a two weeks. Prior to Romney dropping, Rasmussen Reports had Romney's and McCain's name (as well as Obama and Clinton) listed in content on several occasions. Big deal? I think so, here is why. (read more)

First, I want to congratulate Huckabee for winning Kansas and Louisiana yesterday. Apparently we are still waiting to get results from the state of Washington; it looks like a close race between McCain and Huckabee.

I was really disappointed the first couple days after Romney announced his decision to end his campaign; the media began announcing that McCain would be the nominee for the Republicans. There were other things mentioned as well like Huckabee has no chance, he's gone a dropout soon, and just a few days McCain will take the nominee etc. When did reporters begin making predictions and when did it become okay for them to misguide voters? The job of the news media is just to tell the facts not to assume or predict.

Changing subject... (read more)

I saw this and just had to share it. Huck camp, send out some more!

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I have received a few emails from a folks sharing their
views on topics. I guess it is time to introduce some new features on this site
that will allow commenting and social sharing of content.

Now when you visit a post you will be able to comment and reply to comments.
This is a pretty common feature on most high traffic sites. It is a great way
to include others in on my thoughts. One extra feature, when commenting you
will be notified if someone else replied to your comment or added another
comment. That is why your email will be asked. (read more)

The super Tuesday results are starting are almost final. As of this morning, the count has not been official for the Republicans. I suspect by the end of the day the total count will be finalized.

I am a little disturbed that CNN, MSNBC and Fox all have different delegate count for the Republican candidates. I am assuming that Fox has the total count correct, since the candidates have more delegates than the other networks. Currently, McCain has 610 delegates, Romney in second place with 257 delegates and Huckabee has 202 delegates. Ron Paul made out with 9 total delegates. (read more)

All this talk in the Republican debates about who's better at managing the economy, you would think that at the very least they would be able to balance their own books for their campaign. The truth is, according to opensecrets.org only Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee have a positive balance.

Nobody in the media is talking about this, although it is very important. I understand each candidate is not actually balancing their checkbook so to speak (their campaign managers are), but they should not be spending money that they don't have. That's what is wrong with this country, we spend more money than we actually have and then we wonder why we are in debt and how did we get here. (read more)